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City Council
Agenda
901 SHERMAN AVENUE
NOVATO, CA 94945
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 6:00 PM
Mayor
Mark Milberg
Mayor Pro Tempore
Tim O’Connor
Councilmembers
Pat Eklund
Rachel Farac
Susan Wernick
Interim City Manager
Amy Cunningham
City Attorney
Gary Bell
City Council meeting are usually held each month on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (415) 899-8986. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable accommodation to help ensure accessibility to this meeting.
The agenda is divided into three main sections and includes other categories covering routine business.
All references to “City Council” include those other agencies which may be listed at the top of the Agenda.
The City Council may discuss and/or take action on any or all of the items listed on the agenda irrespective of how the agenda items are described. The Council may establish and make appointments to a Council committee (made up of two Councilmembers) with respect to any item appearing on this agenda.
Supplemental Materials
Public Participation Options
Members of the Public may participate and provide public comments for the City Council as follows:
• Written public comments may be submitted via eComment. Written public comments received more than 3 hours before the start of the meeting will be distributed to the Council prior to the meeting.
Written public comments will not be read during the meeting. • In-person public comments may be made at the meeting, which are held in the Novato City Council Chambers located at 901 Sherman Avenue.
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The Mayor has the authority to rule any speaker out of order, including speakers during the Public Comment period, if the subject raised is not within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council, or during a public hearing or a general business item if the speaker is not presenting testimony or evidence relevant to the matter or if the speaker becomes disruptive to the proceedings and conduct of the meeting.
The Mayor also has the authority to order any person who willfully interrupts the meeting to be removed.
All persons are expected to conduct themselves with civility and courtesy at all times. All persons giving comments shall speak directly to the Council and address issues, not individuals. Personal attacks, cursing and outbursts from the audience in support or opposition to a speaker are not tolerated in order to foster an environment where everyone feels welcome to speak.
A. CONVENE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND ROLL CALL
B. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT
C. CEREMONIAL MATTERS/PRESENTATIONS
C.1. Proclamation: National Police Week
Proclamation: National Police Week
C.2. Proclamation: Gun Violence Awareness
Proclamation: Gun Violence Awareness
D. APPROVAL OF THE FINAL AGENDA
E. REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL & CITY MANAGER
F. PUBLIC COMMENT
All members of the public wishing to address the City Council are requested to submit a speaker card in advance to the City Clerk. (Please remember that all comment cards are PUBLIC RECORDS).
The Mayor will call the names of speakers from the cards. In addition to receiving comment from the public during the Public Comment period, the Mayor will recognize persons from the audience who wish to address the City Council on a particular agenda item at the time that item is considered by the City Council. There is a three-minute time limit to speak although the Mayor may shorten the time based on the number of speakers or other factors. A speaker may not yield his or her time to another speaker. For issues raised during Public Comment that are not on the published agenda, except as otherwise provided under the Ralph M. Brown Act, no action can legally be taken. The City Council may direct that the item be referred to the City Manager for action or may schedule the item on a subsequent agenda.
G. CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by a single vote of the Council. There will be no separate discussion unless specific items are removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and action. Any Councilmember may remove an item from the Consent Calendar and place it under General Business for discussion.
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G.1. Waive reading and authorize introductions and/or adoption of ordinances by title only this is a standard procedural action so that the City Council does not have to read an ordinance aloud in its entirety.
G.2. Ratify the appointments made at the April 23, 2024, City Council meeting for the following Commission, Committee and Boards: Michele Manos to the Finance Advisory Commission, Mark Brand, David Fariello, Lucie Hollingsworth and William Meecham to the Housing and Homeless Committee, Cliff Jacobs, Sophia Osotio and Vladimir Matviishin to the Multicultural Advisory Commission, Bill Crockett, Justin Derby, Curtis Havel and Peter Tiernan to the Planning Commission, Bruce Bartel, Francis Drouillard, Sandra Marker and Bruce Ritter to the Police Advisory and Review Board, Dennis Bentley, Suzanne Crow, Erin Lacey, Mavi Pilloton and Beverly Winsor to the Recreation, Cultural and Community Services Advisory Commission, and Michael Barber, Joseph Farrell and Kevin Jacobs as regular full-term members, Tonya Church to a regular 1-year term and Michelle Derviss as an alternate to the Design Review Commission Staff contact: Laura McDowall, City Clerk, 899-8900
Staff Report - CCB Appointment Ratification
G.3. Adopt a resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager or their designee to execute an amendment to Professional Services Agreement 5448 with TeamCivX Consultants by adding $72,000 for a total not to exceed $131,500 and extending the termination date to July 23, 2024, for consultant services for the city
Staff contact: Amy Cunningham, Interim City Manager, 899-8900 Staff Report - TeamCivx Agreement Amendment
Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution
Attachment 2 - Draft Amendment No. 1 with Scope of Work G.4. Receive and file a progress report on the first quarter of 2024 of the Council adopted Strategic Plan
Staff contact: Amy Cunningham, Interim City Manager, 899-8900 Staff Report - Strategic Plan Progress Report
Attachment 1 - Strategic Plan Updates, Through March 31, 2024 G.5. Receive and file the Investment Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023/24 Quarter 3 Staff contact: Natalie Moline, Accountant II, 899-8900
Staff Report - Q3 Investment Report
Attachment 1 - Investment Report
G.6. Receive and file the Quarter 3 Budget Report for Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Staff contact: Jennifer Maldonado, Principal Management Analyst, 899-8900 Staff Report - Q3 Budget Report
Attachment 1 - Quarter 3 Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget Performance Report H. UNFINISHED AND OTHER BUSINESS
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There are no agenda items.
J. GENERAL BUSINESS (This item will be taken out of order to be heard first) These items include significant and administrative actions of special interest and will usually include a staff presentation and discussion by the Council. They will be acted upon by a separate vote.
J.1. Receive and file the City of Novato Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for Fiscal Year 2021/2022 and adopt a resolution authorizing the transfer of the unassigned general fund balance to the Emergency and Disaster Reserve Fund per City Council policy
Staff contact: Carla Carvalho-Degraff, Finance Director, 899-8900 Staff Report - FY 2021-2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report Attachment 1 - 2022 Novato ACFR
Attachment 2 - 2022 Novato Single Audit & Related Reports Attachment 3 - 2022 Novato Management Letter
Attachment 4 - 2022 Novato Audit Conclusion Letter
Attachment 5 - 2022 Novato Gann Appropriations AUP
Attachment 6 - City of Novato Reserve Policy
Attachment 7 - Draft Resolution
ACFR Presentation
Audit Presentation
I. PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public Hearings are announced and advertised in advance to allow interested persons to make comments for, against, or otherwise, regarding a proposed project or decision. Anyone who challenges any hearing matter in court may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described therein, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.
I.1. Hold a public hearing and consider adopting a resolution amending Novato General Plan 2035 by adopting the Revised Draft 6th Cycle Housing Element covering the planning period of 2023-2031
Staff contact: Clare Hartman, Community Development Director, 899-8989 Staff Report - Revised Housing Element Adoption
Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution
Attachment 2 - Planning Commission Resolution No. 2024-003 Attachment 3 - Revised Housing Element Presentation
Attachment 4 - Rincon Consultants Memo – CEQA Addendum – April 15, 2024 Attachment 5 - City Council Resolution 2023-004 – CEQA Addendum Attachment 6 - Revised 6th Cycle Housing Element – Clean Compiled – April 2024 Attachment 7 - Revised 6th Cycle Housing Element – Red-lined revisions – April 2024 Attachment 8 - Adopted Novato 6th Cycle Housing Element - January 2023 Attachment 9 - HCD Letter dated April 2, 2024
Presentation
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I.2. Introduce an ordinance amending Chapter XX of the Novato Municipal Code governing mobilehome rent control
Staff contact: Gary Bell, City Attorney
Staff Report - Mobilehome Rent Control Ordinance
Attachment 1 - Draft Ordinance
Attachment 2 - Comments Received from MVMCC
Attachment 3 - Comments Received from Los Robles Mobilehome Park Attachment 4 - Comments Received from Michele Rodriguez K. COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND BOARDS (CCB’S) APPOINTMENTS This section is used by the City Council to make appointments to fill vacancy/vacancies on their Commissions, Committees and Boards. There are no agenda items.
L. WORK STUDY SESSION
There are no agenda items.
M. ADJOURNMENT
If urgent matters arise after the publication of the regular agenda, there will be an addendum. It will be posted at the referenced locations mentioned in the Affidavit of Posting by Friday at 5:00 p.m., the week before the meeting. Materials that are submitted to members of the City Council after the distribution of the agenda packet will be made available to the public at the time it is provided to the City Council.
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I, Laura McDowall, certify that on the Thursday before the Council meeting of May 7, 2024, the agenda was posted on the City Community Service Board at 922 Machin Ave in Novato, California and on the City’s website at novato.org.
/Laura McDowall/
Laura McDowall, City Clerk